Justine Ellis Designer Feature:

About Justine Ellis:

Two years ago I took the plunge and give up my day job to concentrate on designing and printing my own range of screen-printed products. It’s been a fantastically exciting and creative time for me, so ‘fingers crossed’ it continues.

I live in a leafy corner of southeast London, where I work messily from home, but venture north to Hackney to get even more messy and print at the fantastic Printclub London. I print using an environmentally friendly, water based, screen-printing process. I endeavour to print on recycled, Fairtrade, stock.

Inspirations:

I’m inspired by mid century design, and architecture; Lucienne Day, Alvar Aalto, Charley Harper & Marimekko to name but a few. A huge inspiration though must be the millions of ‘favourite blogs’ I look to for distraction on a daily basis.

Best Sellers:

My best sellers are definitely my ‘Knitting Pattern’ tote bags & cushion covers.

We Make Christmas:

I’ll be bringing a bit of everything to the fair, hopefully a little something for everyone - from brooches to bags and prints on paper. Of course it wouldn’t be right not to bring some bits and bobs of a Christmassy nature too, so there’ll be Christmas cards and tree decorations to get you feeling festive.

Website:

You can find me at www.justineellis.co.uk. There are links to my Folksy & Etsy shops on my site.

I print at www.printclublondon.com.

Follow Us On Twitter:

I’m also partial to a tweet @Justinthewoods

Meet The We Make Makers Evening

Photo taken by Louise from CraftNationsUnite

The We Make London Team
Donna Rule, Jo Armitage, Mary Mcdermott and Julie Smallwood

Thank you to all those that came along to our Meet The Makers evening last Thursday at Craft Central


It was a fantastic evening and it was it was lovely to meet so many talented designer makers.
The designers showcasing were all sellers that will be at our Christmas fair.
We were proud to have them there as a preview of the amazing work that will be on sale on the 4th December
Take a look at the pictures. I think you will agree.


The Showcase:

Chickp Donna Rule
Karen Risby Dot Your T's
Crumpet and Skirt Maap Studio




Justine Ellis Creme Nouveau
Lok Ming Fung Jimbobart
Dainty Pretty Things Sanna Panda


Cosmo Cards Eva Sonaike
Love From Hetty and Dave Just Noey

Screen Printing:

The lovely Sam Wingate from Mr Wingate shared his skills with us by teaching people how to screen print a tote bag or apron. Mr Wingate will also be at the christmas fair with a selection of his screen printed cushions and other items.

More Pictures for you to enjoy:

We Make Badges, magnets and flyers




Window Display and signs designed by We Make's Jo and printed by Beep Ink

The We Make girls

More pictures here: Album

Justine Ellis Designer Feature:

About Justine Ellis:

What seems like an age ago I studied Fine Art. Since then, I have taught young people with learning difficulties in schools and galleries in London. Although I continued to be creative, it has only been in the last two years that I started to design my own range of screen-printed products. Recently, I scarily took the plunge to give up the day job and concentrate on printing full time. It’s been exciting and so far so good.

I live in a leafy corner of southeast London, where I work messily from home, but venture north to Hackney to print at the fantastic Printclub London. I print using an environmentally friendly, water based, screen-printing process. I endeavour to print on recycled, Fairtrade, stock.

Inspirations:

I’m inspired by mid century design, and architecture; Lucienne Day, Alvar Aalto, Marimekko to name but a few. A huge inspiration though, must be the ‘millions of favourite blogs’ I look to for distraction on a daily basis.

Best Sellers:

My best sellers are probably my ‘Knitting Pattern Tote Bags’ and although it pains me to say it when the sun is out, my ‘Christmas Tree & Lights’ Christmas cards.

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We Make Summer Fair:

I’ll be bringing a bit of everything to the fair, hopefully a little something for everyone - from brooches to bags and prints on paper. I’ll also be showing some new printed textiles that are still under wraps, so you’ll have to come along and check it all out on the day!

You’re Sites:

You can find me at www.justineellis.co.uk. There is a link to my Folksy shop on my site.

I print at www.printclublondon.com